East Boston man gets 6 to 10 for drunken high-speed crash that killed one of his passengers

A Suffolk Superior Court judge today sentenced Dylan Etheridge, 26, to 6 to 10 years in state prison for OUI manslaughter for a high-speed crash on Bennington Street in 2019 in which he flipped his car, then ran away as his two passengers lay trapped inside - one of whom died - the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

A Suffolk Superior Court jury convicted Etheridge in Dcembre of OUI resulting in manslaughter, OUI resulting in serious bodily injury and leaving the scene of an accidnt resulting in death.

According to the DA's office:

At about 1:05 a.m. on May 5, 2019, while traveling down Bennington Street in East Boston at a high rate of speed, Etheridge hit several parked cars, causing his vehicle to flip and skid across the roadway, ultimately hitting a concrete barrier and leaving the occupants trapped inside. Etheridge fled the scene prior to the arrival of first responders. Approximately eight hours after the crash detectives learned Etheridge checked himself into Massachusetts General Hospital to seek treatment. The surviving victim spoke with detectives while receiving care at MGH and identified Etheridge as the driver. Blood collected from the steering wheel at the scene was later determined to belong to Etheridge.

Amber Pelletier, 20, of Central Falls, RI, died in the crash. A second female passenger was seriously injured but survived.